Emil doring and friedrich august siegert



(No Model.)

' E. DURING & F. A. SIEGERT.

BIGYGLE. v Ila-417,550. Patented Dec. 17, 1889.

.Zhveniors' 7 UNITED STATES ATENT FFIVCE.

EM IL DORING AND FRIEDRICH AUGUST SIEGERT, OF VVEISTROPP, SAXONY,

I GERMANY.

B l CYC L E SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 417,550, dated December 17, 1889.

Apnlication filed September 3, i889. Serial No. 322,870. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: ends are preferably pointed to engage the Be it known that we, EMIL DGRING, mechground or the floor of a building, and are also anician, and FRIEDRICH AUGUST SIEGERT, provided with collars 6 adjacent to the merchant, citizens of Germany, residing at pointed extremities, to prevent undue pene- WVeistropp, in the Kingdom of Saxony, Gertration. The two brace-rods are connected by many, have invented certain new and useful a metallic strap (Z, secured to one bracerod 6, Improvements in Bicycles; and we do hereby passing through the other e, and provided declare the following to be a full, clear, and with a ball or other head to prevent the rod exact description of the invention, such as e from moving off the strap. The object of 10 will enable others skilled in the art to which this construction is to hold the brace rods it appertains to make and use the same. from unduly spreading laterally or sidewise. This invention relates to bicycles, and has The brace-rods are of elastic metal, and for its object to provide novel and efficient when in the position shown by full lines they attachments for supporting the wheels in an spread outward and support the bicycle on I 5 upright position to render it unnecessary to each side, as in Fig. 7. To prevent forward lean the bicycle against buildings, trees, -or backward movement of the bicycle when hedges, and similar objects, or stacking them it is supported as stated, we provide the brakeone against another, thereby avoiding injury handle I) with a spiral or other spring f, to the plated or otherwise ornamented or poladapted to engage a hook it on the steeringzo ished parts. handle Zof the front fork, to retain the brake- The object of the invention is accomplished handle in its elevated position, and thereby by the features of construction and combinahold the brake c in engagement with the rubtion of. devices hereinafter described and ber tire of the front wheel. claimed, reference being made to the accom- When the bicycle is to be used, the brace- 2 5 .panying drawings, in whiehrods are swung rearward and pressed toward Figure 1 is a detail front elevation of the each other, so that they can be sprung .or spring brace-rods for sustaining the bicycle. snapped into hooks t on the fork g. The Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Figs. hooks are preferably composed of a single 3 and 4 are detail views of the hooks for lockpiece of wire bent into two hooks, which pro- 30 ing and carrying the brace-rods while the biject toward each other, as shown in Figs. 3 ,80 cycle is in use. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of and 4:. The brake-handle b is provided with a bicycle with our invention applied thereto, a spoon-like cavity to receive the spring f some necessary parts of the bicycle being when the latter is unhooked from the steeromitted to more clearly show the improveing-handle Z of the front fork. The lugs of the 3 5 ments. Fig. 6 is a detail view, and Fig. '7 is angle-iron k diverge downwardly, and consea sectional rear elevation. quently tend to spread the brace-rods in a di- In order to enable those skilled in the art rection away from each other, in such manto make and use our invention, we will now ner that the rods are locked in engagement describe the same in detail, referring to the with the hooks, and when disengaged there- 0 drawings, whereinfrom they will swing forward and spring lat- The letter R indicates the usual backbone, erallv outward or sidewise into the position and a the bar connected at its upper end by required to support the wheels upright.

the ear or projection z and nut m to the back- The improvements are shown applied to a bone, and at its lower end to the step-fork g, certain type of bicycle; but obviously the con- 45 which carries the axle of the cranks. An anstruction of the latter is immaterial so long gle-iron plate 719, comprising two pendent lugs, as there is provision for our attachments.

is rigidly secured to the upper end of the The spring construction of the brace-rods backbone, and to the lugs are secured by pivis very desirable, for that they not only snap ots s the flattened heads on the upper ends of into the hooks and are thereby securely held 50 the two brace-rods e e, which at their lower against accidental disengagement, but when too released they automatically spring outward to secure the required spread for sustaining the bicycle.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim is- 1. The combination, with a bicycle having' its backbone provided with an angle-iron co n1- prising two diverging lugs, of the fork g, depending from the backbone, carrying the crank-axle and provided with a pair of hooks t, and two elastic brace-rods e e, pivoted to the diverging lugs and capable of springing together and snapping into the hooks on the crank-axle fork, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a bicycle having a backbone, of two outward ly-springin g bracerods pivotally joined to the backbone and loosely connected by a strap which limits their spreading movement, and hooks into which EMIL DURING; FRIEDRICH AUGUST smorrur.

Witnesses:

EMIL DOMSCH, CARL FR. KEICHELT. 

